Find a Friend j = need Friends Info@friendsofwardsborolibrary.org (802) 896-4316 PO, Box 137, Wardsboro, VT 05355 Please visit our website at: www.friendsofwardsborolibrary.org Office and Meetings at —| Gloria Danforth Memorial Bldg. 137 Main Street, Second Floor Wardsboro, Vermont The library continues to grow. The Friends are Meetings open to all planning to provide more library space by first Wednesday of each month remodeling the attached barn, The floor plan includes a young adult area, a meeting room for community use and places to display artwork. This is our most exciting project to date; while the Res s cE Friends need ongoing eommanity Annual Fundiaising support for the building’s annual 5 expenses, we also need your BL contribution for our endowment fand and our capital campaign * Raffle for Special Work of Art mes The Barn Project will require ‘much hard work and continued community support, but that's what Friends Se Ue us % SECU oC ce SCC Ue eu R UE LeOur History hhe Friends of the Wardsbore Library, founded in 1999, owns the Gloria Danforth Memorial Bulking, home ofthe Wardboro Public Library on Main ‘Street. Since then the Prien and a dedicated corps of volunteers have transformed the historic 1840s farmhouse into welcoming, thriving library. We have raised thousands cof dollars by obtaining grants and donations for major renovations repairs and improvements. Friende ~— of the SB0RO LI ee re rai ~ , : _f ‘ — a se Our Mission ‘We serve the community by sponsoring events and cual programs, We aso rae finds to maintain the building snd py the bills we work eloely with the brary staf andthe trustees. Many grants are avalable only to non-profit organizations therefore, we re able to obtain ning for program and rscurce materia that are not inthe Iibeary budge. We belp te library gre How We Grow.. 6A Our success depends on you. Asa non-profit, non-member organization, we rely on townspeople willing to lend a hand ora vice to our endeavors. By atening our meetings and evens or by volunteering tebe a worker on one or more oF our many fan projects, you are dretly helping Friends to grow. We also rely on your financial support during ou fundraising appeal Inthe past some of our most generous donors made ‘bequessin their wills, some gave matching corporate git, and some made grants fora specific purpose suchas support for our website and computers. Thre are many Ways “Wardsbor residents, business parnes and second homewmers can help the Frcods. Visit oa ‘webs firth est opportunites 10 join and supports. THE. GILFEATHER TURNIP FESTIVAL, | ‘THE GILFEATHER TURNIP Wardsboro, VT Exposing the past by Dan Hescock and Bob LeBlond, with text by Amy Kleppner “5 Price $19.95 ‘The Friends published this pictorial history oftheir own town in 2003 with a second printing in 2006. It has been one ofthe most successful fundraisers forthe group, and is available atthe library, Watdboro Town Office and on our website The Gilfeather® ‘Turnip Cookbook and other favorite recipes ail rooted” 4 in Wardsboro! Price $12.00 ‘This unique cookbook features recipes using the Gilfeather® turnip, the town's heirloom vegetable. ‘Compiled by the Friends and introduced at Gilfeather® “Tumnip Festival in 2005, it continues to be a best seller. It is available at the library and on our website.